v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating. ] [ L. disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- + seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary. ] 1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spread or extend by dispersion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat disseminated throughout the body of the earth. Woodward.

Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse; scatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. (Min.) Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance; scattered widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inseminatus, p. p. of inseminare to sow. See Seminate. ] 1. To sow seed into. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sow seed into; to impregnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To implant in, as if sowing seed; as, to inseminate one's children with one's own prejudices; -- used mostly of ideas or attitudes.. [ PJC ]

adj. same as fertilized, 1.
Syn. -- fertilized, impregnated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. interseminatus, p. p. of interseminare. See Inter-, and Seminate. ] To sow between or among. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. pref. re- again + seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow. ] To produce again by means of seed. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Seminated p. pr. & vb. n. Seminating. ] [ L. seminatus, p. p. of seminare to sow, fr. semen, seminis, seed. ] To sow; to spread; to propagate. [ R. ] Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sow, as seed, over something previously sown. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That can not be done with joy, when it shall be indifferent to any man to superseminate what he please. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]